Odd Bugs

The students in Mrs. Farrar’s 2nd grade class studied even and odd numbers earlier this year. To support their instruction, I had students create even or odd bugs in Tinkercad. Tinkercad is the software we use for creating 3D designs. They started with an empty work plane and had to add 3D shapes to create a bug with even or odd features.

After students were finished designing, they made their designs public and pasted a link to their project on a Google Doc. From the Google Doc, I was able to open up their projects and download them as a .stl file for the 3D Printer. The instructional technology team has a few UpMini 3D printers that we take to the schools in order to print the students designs. The 3D printer melts the plastic filament and lays it down in layers to build exactly what the students designed in Tinkercad. At Greenwood, we purchased filament that glows in the dark, which was a big hit with the kids!

After all the bugs were printed, I gave them to the students and then we used the ChatterPix Kids app on the iPad to add one more element to this project. The students to a picture of their bug, added a mouth, and recorded their voice to have the bug explain why he/she was even or odd. Take a look at some great student samples!